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Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu.

It's Time For Change, We Cannot Let Ukraine Be the Next Congo

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our institutions repeatedly fail to hold these perpetrators accountable?
May 6, 2025
Tyler Stepaniak
Tyler Stepaniak
Social Justice
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Crayons depict various skin tones.

Reflections on the Past — Colorism, Self-Doubt, and Resiliency

September 12, 2023
Wynton Sims
Clinton is a small town with around 25,000 people. It is around 53% White and 40% Black, a pretty good...
Social Justice
Melanie Tervalon Daumont

This Date in UCSF History: Fiery Med Grad Speech Highlights Failings

May 30, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on June 5, 1980.] Speaking before faculty, jubilant graduates and proud families, Melanie Daumont criticized medical education for...
Social Justice
Sketch of May Day riots 1886.

This Date in UCSF History: Celebrate International Workers Day

May 2, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1975.] A U.S.-made calendar will show that today is Loyalty Day, a time...
Social Justice
Handgun pointing

This Date in UCSF History: Memorial Campaign to End Gun Violence

April 4, 2023
Synapse
On August 26, 1999 Robert Sadler, a UCSF postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was shot and...
Social Justice
Women banging tin in protest.

Listen

March 28, 2023
Nina Escueta
Listen to the rhythm of the Bang bang bang, To the sounds and the dance of this Din
Social Justice
Bush declares war on Iraq, March 19, 2003.

This Date in UCSF History: Students Act Against Impending War

March 21, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...
Social Justice
Pregnant belly

This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity

March 13, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...
Social Justice
Toan Truong

This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth

February 27, 2023
Synapse
[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...
Social Justice
Composite of Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama.

This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

February 20, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...
Social Justice
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